Pubdate: Tue, 09 Apr 2013
Source: Nelson Mail, The (New Zealand)
Copyright: 2013 Fairfax New Zealand Limited
Contact:  http://www.nelsonmail.co.nz/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1069
Page: 3

CANNABIS PLANTS 'JUICED'

A Collingwood bartender caught growing 122 cannabis plants told 
police he made juice out of the cannabis leaves to provide relief 
from a medical condition.

Police raided Krishna Mason's Puramahoi property in Golden Bay after 
spotting plants growing during their annual aerial search.

Police found 122 plants on the property, which had a caravan and 
several out buildings.

The plants ranged in size from 20cm to 2 metres tall. They were 
reasonably healthy, police said.

Mason showed police a banana box containing 125 grams of cannabis.

He told police he had a medical condition, and the plants were for his use.

He said he stripped the leaves off the plant and put them in a juicer.

He could get 60ml of juice from an ounce of cannabis.

Yesterday in the Nelson District Court he admitted charges of 
possessing cannabis and cultivating cannabis.

His lawyer David Holloway said Mason accepted it was a large number 
of plants, but most of them were around the 20cm mark.

Mason was a Christchurch earthquake refugee. He could pay a fine as 
he had savings from work he had in Christchurch.

Judge McKegg fined Mason $800.
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